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. 2014 Sep 11;9(9):e107327. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107327

Table 1. Comparison of T1 values obtained in the calf muscle (n = 6) and myocardium (n = 5) of healthy volunteers using conventional MOLLI fitting (Eq.1) and MOLLI fitting with inversion correction (Eq.2) at various flip angles (FA).

Calf Muscle (n = 6)
FA = 30° FA = 60° FA = 90°
IR-SE IR-FSE MOLLI MOLLI w. Inv MOLLI MOLLI w. Inv MOLLI MOLLI w. INV
T1 (ms) 986±32 987±42 815±40 952±38 871±36 1016±27 907±35 1058±27
Inv. Eff. 85.7±1.6% 81.9±2.0% N/A
P N/A 1 <0.001 0.69 <0.001 0.79 0.007 0.02
Fitting residual 3.7±0.6% 8.5±0.3% 11.8±0.36%

P values are given for comparison with the gold standard IR-SE method (calf) or IR-FSE method (myocardium).